Ten years ago, an international team of scientists reported evidence, in a controversial cover story in the journal Nature, that life on Earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago–400 […]
origin of life
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Earth Life Appeared on Land 1.5 billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
Evidence of life on Earth has been found as far back as 3.8 billion years. Given that the intense bombardment that accompanied the birth of the solar system only subsided […]
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NASA Astrobiology Architect, Dr. Gerald Soffen, Dies
NASA Scientist Dr. Gerald Soffen, who led the Viking science team that performed the first experiments on the surface of the planet Mars and a guiding force in NASA’s effort […]
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Life Its Nature, Origin And Development – A. I. Oparin
Oparin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1894-1980.